Closure check and retention device



Jan, 20, 1931.

J. 'J. CISLER CLOSURE CHECK AND RETENTION DEVICE Filed March 31, 1930 2 Sheets-Sh!!! 1 Inventor 1702 7 J Cab/er A llorney Jan. 20, 1931. J. .1. CISLER 1,789,644

CLOSURE CHECK AND RETENTION DEVICE Filed March 31, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A9 /7\ Al z l I..- L

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A llomey IE 'a'tented il ain J v v F i H; hRVGjQYOlVQd and produced" a; simplified, eco- IlOll'll'CEli and 1 nexpens1vejdevlce characterelenientinnctioning bothes afc'amfand door' liiting andgreleasing 'elenientLC;

. 1.5 arrangement Vanda association Will' become v 'pertion'of a building with "a swi'ngable doo I I ated alsfa garage; The door isgenere11yrep ofll lswn or mi MI HI otosunnionnoxenn This invention relates-to i-mpr'ove djdeviee A; V which is 'eonstrncted to functionnsa eheck e and retztiningf device for-various" kinds-f of. T swinging closures suchfas gates; garage doors and the-like f Y V 1'} Intooe'rrying the invention into efiect, I

Thisf rec'ess has a el ively.highfehntnient as t 'le formin astep; nfad'ditio'n i relative-1y 'fshort; extens on or projection {as at 151forrning-'siniilerjtrontfstop. mother I words; there are front- Pendrear 5 stopsiet op-j Y posite endsofthe keeper ecjes's l3lk I, if T" T fThe bloic'khas rec ess'e vandsIotted. por-- tioris Idand theislots ve [d eeeoinniodate' V i theheeded}ends}ands nkportionsidfsthe i, retaining boltsl'l; The'se 'bblts'fpass through rthe-jblock and fthron'gh thefpost This alilows-the h1ooktobe1faisedor lo er 1; to re rderlthe opeija tioii of'theoheek'mo resen 7 7 UfT-he, ihl oekfelsohasnn fib utnientlpiii aset Q I I H 18,1fThe Inovakfle"e1e1neri't's12* o n 'prisesn 7 and theeiniproved' door checkandietaining diso-l'ik'e portion 19-;Which is a device mounted rat afspacediremote operaflpivoted throiighthejinedinni Q tj520onkthe-fblookf Inieddition",

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sejn'ontstandingtepered extension 521}- l r 5 Y "ized by two'prirn'ery parts; that is, 'a11 -at-. taching block ,havingan espeeial ly designed 1 shoulderedkeeper, and "a swingebly mounted -The partlcular' details and their 'i r'elati-ve j; more" readily apparent from the follow- If ing description and drawings, V r

, In the drawings: "T I 1 i 7 Figurel is a'view showingthe fragmentary Figure '2 is an elevationztl View; showing the therei I i I primary details "or the invention with the r wliieh functions as la'lleverr f The ':e1e1neritflj' door seated in the shoulderedkeeper. 12."assumes," under "normal conditionsfithe ';J Figure 3 is a frontelevational view of the I dotted?lineposition shown injFigu-re'2, fat v structureseenin Figure 2. j' Y whichftiniethe marginal or'periphera1'lpor-@ Figures. 4 andf5r arefc'ross sectional views 'tionlof'the cam 19 is-disposed to raise thel I taken approximately on the planes of the door 8 over the "projection 15 so that it illjBP. j line H and 5:5;respective1y ofFigure 2. Clear theprojectionend then dro-pdown intof i V Figure 6 is a perspectiveview of thefpri the re'e'ess. mary factor of the'invent'ion; e I In the drawings, in F gure 1, the reference character 7 designates 'What-Inieyhe' desigthe door swingsjover'the'oam', the lever portion 21fswings up to the/full line posi-V V tion'shown infEigu-reQ. 'This'jthen disposes i j the foanijin place soithato by pnttingjthe foot? on fthe lever 21, the operator.02in raise "the door upand' liftit out of thenoteh l3,-and- 'sWingit clear of the projection 151501 releads v 'in'g purpo-ses', Hence the pert 13 functions resented 'bythenu1nera11-8 and' the hinges hy 9. o The door isflof an" area less'thanwthe door opening andthe hinges are 'such'as tog permit the door tobe raised 'nps'lightly In otherwords, these are flexible hinges. ta's'e'egmrl,for seating the'door'es'well'asztre-g. r .v '7 P The improved checkvand retaining device; leesin'g deviceforliftingthedooronto-f the r I eomprises three'prima-ry parts; namely, the

anchoring post 10', the attachin'g bloek'll,

'keeper'w-noteh.

at a proper spaced point to be'f'withinthe path of, swinging'motion of the door as seen for example in Figure .1.

and thefsvvin'gabl y mounted Gain aiidf r ele2is'- v V ingel ement'lQ. The-postis ofanyl sniteble Configuration andfis driven in thergr'onnd necessary.

la'rtito Whichthe invention relates vvill'be able to obtain a clear understendingoftheiinvemv g. o tion after oonsidering'the:description in coni 15 i r 2. In"a structure of the; class described; a i post, ablock adjustably mounted thereon and Minor changes in shape, size, and arrangement of details coming Within thefield of invention claimed may be resorted to in actual practiceif desired. r

; I claim i '1. In a door check and retaining device, a I

, post,;ablock mounted thereon including a notch-adapted to receive the lower edge portion of a swingingclo'sure, an eccentric cam pivotally mounted on said block and serving to seat'the'door in the notch, said cam having an extension functioning as a lever and said lever being arranged to permit'the cam to be door up and out'of the notch.

utilized as a releasing element for lifting the having a keeper notch at'its upper end, shoul der forming abutments associated with said notch, an eccentrically pivotedc'am -carried by said'block, said cam being located for cooperation with the'frontabutment' and ineluding an extension servingas areleasing lever V r r 3. As a-new'product of manufacture, a

block having a notch in its upper end constituting a; keeper seat and also; including front and rear extensions defining shoulder abutments, ,said block having slotted portions end-festening 'bolt's whereby torperrnit it tobe adj ustably mounted on an anchoringpost, an eccentrically ,pivoted cam carried by the block and having its'peripheral portion associated with one of said abutments saidcemincludingi an extension functioning as afoot lever. I i o. r z 1 I In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature.

- "JOHN- JAooBoIsLE 

